The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23

Home at Dover and 145 passengers are miss
ing. One passenger and child of the party
brought to Dover were found dead from ex-
posture. 1t is hoped that passing vessels
rescued the missing
TYPHOID fever is prevalent at Albany,
n. Y, and the mayor has advised the citi-
zens to boil the reservoir water before
using 1t.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER's seven thousand
books brought only $4,000 at the auction
sale. His bric-a-brac swelled the amount
to 1927 600.
II is announced that the Northern Pacific
Railway Company will refuse to reduce
fares, as ordered by the railroad commission
| of Minnesota.
PROFESSOR S. p. LANGLEY has been
elected secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Professor Baird.
No meeting was permitted at Trafalgar
square, London, on Sunday. Several thou
sand persons assembled in Hyde Park, but
there was no disturbance.
THE steamer Telephone on her regular
trip from Portland, with $50 passengers,
was burned at Astoria, Oregon. All es-
capped except n drunken man.
THE new fast train which left New York
the 18th arrived in San Francisco the 10th
on time reducing previous schedule time
between the two oceans by one day.
Montreal railroad to its stockholders was
demanded Friday by President Rollins and
refused by the Boston & Maine officials.
IT is believed that the great passenger
steamer Getty of Duluth " is beneath the
waters of Lake Superior, with all on board.
There were seventy-five passengers besides
the crew
In New York city for the week ending
November 9TH there We're l22 cases of diph-
iberia and - deaths, and for the week end
ing November 18th there were 1872 cases and
Al deaths.
REV. A. A. MINER, the well-known Bos-
ton prohibitionist, preached anarChsm from
his pulpit recently, and large part of his
congregation went out of doors before he
had closed his sermon.
THE Iowa Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union reelected Mrs. Foster presi-
dent, with most of the old officers, and
passed a resolution that it is and shall re-
main non-partsan in politics and non-sec-
tartan in religion.
WILLIAM p. SPAULDING, one of the orig
inal bell-ringers of this country and con-
nected with the famous Spaulding organ
ization, died in Neponset, Mass, recently.
He was born in Boston in 1884. A widow
and one son survive him.
BUSINESS arrangements have been entered
into by which the Boston & Maine railroad
is to operate the Northern for the term of
one year at the same net rental that the lat
ter corporation would have received had
the Hazen bill become law.
Boston is suffering more from scarlet
fever than diphtheria. Most of the cases
are in Charlesrown and East Boston, and
chiefly in crowded tenements, where clean
illness is not generally observed. In Sep
TENDER there were 142 cases and 90 deaths,
in October 211 cases and "a deaths and in
November 1876 cases and "A deaths so far.
10, oil
from the wrecked steamer " w. A. Schol-
ten" One of the survivors is named Rolne.
There is another survivor in the hospital
whose name is not known. Chief Engineer
EdiXhoven was landed at Seaford Sunday
morning. No more bodies have been re-
covered. 1t is the universal feeling that the
fault of the collision rests with the steamer
Rosa Mary"
The main building of Barnum & Bailey's
winter quarters at Bridgeport Conn, was
burned Sunday evening, thousands of peo-
Pile being present. The building was 600
feet by 200 feet, two stories high and was
consumed in half an hour. 1t is supposed
to have been set by the explosion of the Ian
tern of Waterman Six watchmen were
employed and one is missing. Three ele-
plants were burned and thirty-six broke
their fastenings and escaped, with terrific
roars. The large hippopotamus also escaped.
These rushed about the streets with their
sides burned and pieces of flesh a foot
square fell off. Thirty elephants and one
lion started off across the country toward
Fairfield. There was great alarm and many
residents barred their doors and windows.
All the ring animals, trained stations,
ponies, etc, were burned; also all the tents,
seats, harnesses, poles, etc; also all the
birds, monkeys, three rhinoceroses. hyenas,
tigers, lions and all the menagerie. The
fire was so rapid no attempt was made to
save the building The chariot building and
car sheds were saved. Loss 5000 insur-
ance 100000. Before the fire was eXtn-
guished agents began the work of securing
new attractions The show will probably
remove to Jersey City. Barnum & Bailey
We're both in New York. Another estimate
places the loss Building, $4,000; animals,
100000; canvas and stock, 100000.